The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20

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of the army was knocked senseless
dangerously hurt by being struck on
the head with a piece of ice weighing
nearly five pounds. The drums of the de-
tacbment were all smashed. The police
have as yet made no arrests.
Henry w. Grady writes of Cleveland's
prospects: 1.-The South is more than salts
fed with his record, and there will not be
n division of sentiment in any State from
Virginia to Texas on the question of his re-
nomination. lie will carry every State in
the South into the convention and will not
lose half n dozen delegates. In the Electo-
raj College he will not lose n vote from tue
South"
A fire occurred at Lancaster Thursday
morning, burning down several houses.
Mr.. Joseph Walker, in feeding his stock
just about daylight, in the livery Of Kick
son " Walker, was using a new lantern,
and finding something the matter with it,
undertook to take The lamp out Of it, and
in an instant the hay and fodder took fire,
and the flames spread too rapidly to be ar
rested. The horses were saved, but Mr..
Walker was severely burned.
The language used by Chamberlain, in
speaking ut the meetings In Ayr, has in
famed the Irish against him, and he has
received numerous letters warning him
llidl ilC III uOl ltINt CCOllInU ullNc. AU-
dressing an asscmblagc of 1900 persons.
Chamberlain spoke Of the Irish people as
those who commit theft, ruin industrious
men, and outrage women" and he used
other language equally abusive.
Martha Washington's memory is libcled
by some gleeful ghoul, who says that her
writing was very bad, that she knew no
other punctuation mark than the dash, and
that the apoStrOphe was Il stranger to her.
The glecful ghoul evidently has very few
feminine correspondents, or he would know
that some some of Martha's most charming
dnughtcrs-if she be regarded as the Mother
OF her country-arc similarly scornful Of
these little conventiOnalities.
The arrivals at Queenstown of emigrants
on their way to the United States, are enor-
nous. The railways are running special
trains to accommodate this class of travel.
The number Of cmigrants now awaiting
steamers 10 carry them to their destinations
is already greater that can be housed i'm the
hotels and lodging houses, and many are
camping in the streets. Fifteen hundred
embarked yesterday. Three thousand more
are expected to arrive Saturday next TO take
steamers.
DR.. Eoy Palmcr's son, Rev. Charles Ray
Palmer, thus explains the story that his
famous hymn, "My Faith Looks Up to
Thee has two stanzas less than the origi-
nal draft handed to DR.. Lowell Mason. The
truth about that is that his father translated
from the German two stanzas describing a
suppliant before the cross, and then added
two more as the Suppliant's utterancc, and
there were the first two of the hymn rs it
now appears. The translated verses were
never used.
THURSDAY afternoon George Werner. IA
teacher of the suburban village school, in
the town of Williamsburg, Wis, punished
z refractory pupil named Henry Zugbusch
by applying Il ruler sharply to his wrist,
and he boy fell back in his seat uncon-
scions. Surprising that the boy had tainted
they then threw two palcs of water over
him, but the pupil was dead. The teacher
fled and has not been seen since. The
farmers OF the community are looking for
him and threaten TO lynch him as the boys
father claims that Werner chokcd him to
death.
Henry Georges wife is coming in for her
share OF The curiosity Of those who want
IiH3eS tells them that ''Shc is n thorough
home body, devoted to her husband and
tlIcir four children; one of the small, plump,
CHEEKY bodies that never get ~down-hcartcd,
and people who have known them q long
time say that but for her untlagging devo.
tin aud enthusiastic belief in him Mr..
George would never have been able to come
triumphanlly through the long period Of
strnitened means and hard work which pre-.
coded his sudden success"
The President and Mrs. Cleveland were
not present ut the christening of Baby
Whitney, but they showed they were not
unmindtul Of the event in n very substan.
tial manner. Their present, which was
contained in Il large case Of blossom pink
plush, lined with white satin, consisted of
Il handsome silver platter, milk bowl and
spoon. The platter and bowl were in the
style nown as satin finished, in the centre
OF each OF which was engraved Dorothy"
Forming a deep border around the edge
In raised figures all manner Of quaint dc.
signs Of children engaged in childish sports.
Accompanying this was n dainty basket of
lilies of the valley.
Attorney General Garland had n hard
time OF ii in his earlier manhood. After
his admission to the bar he hung out his
single at Washington. Arkansas, but the
clients all passed his door and entered the
Office OF an older lawyer. One day he
a%stonisllCd his Office associate by hlindfold-
ing himself, stepping up to a map Of the
the map, with the words; II an going to
move where my pencil strikes. If it's a
town, III practice law, if it's country, III
farm il if its a river, III go TO steamboat
ing The pencil struck Little Rock, and
there lie went.
Rev. Edward G. Taylor, pastor Of the
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, Buffalo,
n. Y, died yesterday of pneumonia. He
was cditor of the Baptist Sunday School
Quarterly and furnished lessons notes for
the Baptist Leader. He was author of
some of the Moody & Sankey hymns and
other musical favorites. He was a graduate
OF Bucknell College and Rochester Theo.
logical Seminary, and had been successive
~ pastor of the Coliseum Place Baptist
Church of New Orleans, the Park Avenue
Baptist Church of Chicago, and the First
Baptist Churches of Providence, r. l.. and
Newark, N. j. His Buffalo pastorate be.
gan January /, 1886.
An indianapolis special says: On Satnr-
day last the ticket agent of the Pennsylva.
mia road at Logansport refused TO sell a
party OF IL tickets to San Diego oven the
Chicago and Alton road, the Western con.